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#%c. Provisions uue._
* higher to 12% cents low^r.
Selling in the narrow wheat market
was done by scattered longs and much
©f the buying also was credited to them
on the theory that a long with a profit
secured can scarcely resist buying in
at a decline In hope of another bulge.
As was the case yesterday when
prices were soaring, the trade paid no
attention to the news.
Most of the trading was done in the
first half hour. At 1:15 May was 10
cents under yesterday s top. It reached
1 to 2 cents from this and lingered rn
the neighborhood of the closing price
the remainder of the session. At the
close the tone was heavy. Commission
, houses made an effort to attract legiti
mate trading, but 15 and 20 cent mar
gins demanded In some cases did not
prove inviting. Country offerings were
reported decidedly larger.
Rains in the crop belt and the influ
ence of wheat depressed corn prices.
There was a fair eastern demand. Sam
ples were %c lower. The decline in
oats was due to profit taking, influ
enced by wheat and slackening of sea
board demand. September provisions
cased off on continued liquidation while
January gained modestly on Investment
demand.
^ Future quotations were ns follows:
Wheat— Open. High. Cow. Close.
Sept .... 1.05 1.07 1.04 1.04%
Dec . 1.10 1.11 1.09 1.09 V*
May _1.16% 1.16% 1.15 1.16%
Corn—
Sept. 79% 80% 79% 79%
Dec ..... 71 72% 70% 71%
Oats—
Sept .... 47% 48% 46% 47%
Dec. 49% 50% 49% 50
Pork—
Sent . 20.30 20.45 20.00 20.10
Jan .22.20 22.27 22.10 22.20
Hard—
Sept. 10.00 9.90 9.97
Oct .10.17 10.17 10.10 10.17
Jan . 10.65 10.70 10.57 10.65
Ribs—
Sept.12.45 12.45 12.35 12.35
Jan .11.27 11.37 11.30 11.35^
Kansas City Grain
Kansas City, August 28.—Cash wheat,
i No. 2 hard, $1.01<$1.O7; No. 2 red. $1.<»5<&1.06.
Corn: No. 2 mixed, 79%£S0c; No. 2 white,
80@$0%c. Oats: No. 2 white, 49<&49%c; No.
2 mixed, 46c.
St. Louis Grain
St. Liouis, August 28.—Wheat: No. 2 red,
11.07(^1.10; No. 2 hard, $1.05<&1.10. Corn:
No. 2, 80%c; No. 2 white, 82%c. Oats; No.
2, 49c; No. 2 white. 50%c.
Money Market
New York. August 28.—Close: Prime
mercantile paper, 7 per c^nt. Sterling
exchange nominal; for cables, $5.08.50.
For demand, $5.07.50. Bar silver, 53%c.
New Orleans Rice Market
New Orleans, August 28.—There is a
good demand for rough Honduras rice,
which has a strong tone. Clean Hondu
ras is strong and active and Japan is
very strong. Quotations are unchanged.
Receipts: Rough. 3615; millers, 2549; clean,
850. Sales, 2644 sacks rough Honduras at
404.90c; 6646 pockets clean Honduras at
Decrease In Bank Clearings
New York, August 28.—Bank clear
ings, according to Dunn's weekly re
view, aggregated only $1,731,250,221,
as against $2,400,285,805 the same week
last year.
Boston Wool Market
Boston, August 28.—The lull that in
evitably follows a period of brisk trad
ing has occurred in the Boston wool
market this w^eek, transactions being of
moderate volume. Prices show' little j
change from quotations of a week ago.
Reports from the dry goods market
Indicate a spotty business. The for
eign markets are all at ft standstill,
except Bradford, where little is being
done.
Missouri: Three-eights blood, 27c;
quarter blood, 26@26V&c; braid, 21022c.
Kentucky and similar: Half blood,
unwashed, 26027c; three-eights blood,
Unwashed, 27 028c.
Scoured basis: Fine, 6 to 8 months,
45 0 57c; fine fall, 48050c.
Live Stock Market
Chicago, August 28.—Hogs: Receipts,
12,000; strong; bulk, S.7509._O; light, $S.85'o
9.35; mixed, $8.6009.35; Heavy, $8.4509.30,
lough. $8.4508.65; pigs. $5.5008.60.
Cattle: Receipts, 1500; steady; beeves,
1 ♦ $6.75010.65; steers, $6.3509.40; stockers and
feeders, $5.5008.15; cows and heifers, $3.80
<09.26; calves, $7.50011.25.
Sheep: Receipts. 9000: weak; sheep, $4.75
05.60; yearlings, $5.5006.40; lambs, $5,750
7.75.
Kansas City, August 28.—Hcgs: Re
ceipts, 2600; higher; bulk, 39.0509.26; heavy, i
$9.1009.15; packers and butchers, $9400 ,
t.25; light. $8.950945; pigs, $806.75.
Cattle: Receipts, 1100; steady: prime,
fed steers, $9.75010.50; dressed beef Bteers, !
$7.8009.60; southern steers, $5.2607.75; cows.
$4.2507.26; heifers, $609.50; stockers, $5.75
08.25.
Sheep: Receipts. 1000; steady; lambs.
$707.50; yearlings. $5.5006.15; wethers, $3.25
06.75; ewes, $4.7506.30.
St. Hoiiis, August 28. —Hogs: Receipts,
5(00; higher; pigs and lights. $709.40;
mixed and butchers. $9.1009.40; good
heavy heavy, $9.2509.40.
Cattle: Receipts, 7C0; steady; native
beef steers, $7.50010.50; cows and heifers,
$609.50; stockers, $507.30; Texas and In
dian steers, $608.25; cows and heifers, $4
06.50; native calves. $6010.25.
Sheep: Receipts, 8300; steady; native
muttons, $405.25; lambs. $707.70.
Cotton Seed Oil
New York. August 28.—Cotton seed
oil was easier under scattered liquida
tion in September, the result of tenders
of about 5000 barrels on contract, to
j gether with a slow' outside demand.
7 Crude markets, however, were firmly
held. Final prices were 1 to 10 points
net lower.
The cotton seed oil market closed
barely steady; spot, 6.8006.85c; Sep
tember, 6.8006.83c; October, 6.7906.81c;
November, ,6.56 06.60c; December, 6.57
06.60c; January, 6.5806.61c; February.
6.5906.65c; March, 6.6306.69c; tbtal
Sales, 9600.
j . Port Movement
New Orleans: Receipts, 79; exports.
T69; stock, 51,702.
Galveston: Receipts, 2769; stock; 40.
283.
Mobile: Receipts, 817; exports, 50;
Stock, 2416.
• Savannah: Receipts, 411; exports,
413; stock. 7769.
Charleston: Receipts, 108; stock, 1396.
VH Hubbard Bros. & Co.
Merchants, HanoverIjMrt. H,
Member. New Torlc Cotton Bx
S change. New Orleane Cotton Exchange,
New Torn Produce Exchange. Allo
cate Member. Liverpool Cotton Aw
elation Orders .olidted for the pur*
•tea. and .ale of Cotton and Cotton
•nag Oil for future delivery. Special
attention and liberal tarraa given foe
esr’iKui.iis. m.*" **•
LOCAL SECURITIES
_ Rate. Bid. Asked._~ Rate. Bid. Asked. |
* 1.* 49 65 Ala. State ret 1920... 4 97 ~ 100
-• Rys.. pfd 64 67 Ala. State Renew. 1956 SVi 80 90
~ Rye . 30 50 Ala. State Renew. 1956 4 99 101
'r. ft Sav. Bk. S 170 180 Ala. State Fair .( 60 76
e Mills, com... I 100 116 Amer. C. Rys. . 6 89 93
e Mills, pfd... I 100 103 Ala. Cons. . 6 75 80
>r C. ft 1. .. 60 Bessemer C, ft L . 6 103 106
* S. .10 350 375 B. R., L. ft P.8 98 101
Baseball Aaso.. 140 170 B. R.. L. ft P. 4^4 19 91
Realty Co. .... 4 180 175 B’ham Ice Factory ... 6 100 106
f Com., pfd .... I 70 80 B'ham R. ft E.5 100 103
ink ft T. Co. .. SO 90 B'ham Waterworks.... 6 103 107
-And . 66 75 City of Birmingham ., 0 100 104
ike Land ..... 60 71 City of Birmingham .. 4 105 108
d Cent Co.4 60 80 Continental <41n . a 100 105
Imp., pfd .... 8 105 108 Jefferson County . 6 101 194
Imp., com. .... 6 70 36 Jefferson County . 6 105 110
Land . 110 134 Jefferson County . 4M 89 101
it 1 Bank.It 160 340 Jefferson Reatly . 3 100 105
Jou. Life . I 11 Milner Land Co. . 6 96 100
■te Casualty .. 1 3 Nashville Railway ... 6 loo 108
. S. Bank. 8 150 165 Pratt Consolidated ... 5 89 *6
n Fertiliser ... I 106 130 Sloes 1. ft 8. 6 1»0 103
1- Bank .( 136 116 Slots I. ft 8. 4 VS 93 96
B'ham Land ... IS 33 T. C. L gen. mtg. 6 99 101
Protective Life . 10 16 T. C. I. Tenn. Dlv. 6 101 103
Realty Tr. Co., com... 6 100 110 T. C. 1. Ship Bldg. ... 6 100 104
Realty Tr. Co., pfd .. * 100 110 T. C. I. B'ham Dlv_> 100 103
Sou. States Fire . 1 3 T C. L Cahaba Dlv. ..6 10! 101
Traders Nat. Bank ... 9 160 165 Woodward Cons.6 100 106
Wilmington: Receipts, 10. stock. 7763.
Norfolk: Exports, 561; stock, 12,955.
Baltimore: Receipts. 79, exports, 701;
stock. 2000.
Boston: Receipts. 108: stock, 3561.
Philadelphia: Stock, 2483.
New' York: Receipts, 2186; stock, 90,
306.
Minor ports: Receipts, 1308; stock,
2370.
Total today: Receipts, 4913; exports, 5431;
stock. 225.006.
Total for week: Receipts, 13,914; exports,
22,493.
•Total for season: Receipts, 10,454,210;
exports. 8.881,271.
•Corrected.
Interior Movement
Houston: Receipts, 4417; shipments, 4574;
stock, 32,064.
Memphis: Receipts, 214; shipments, 209;
stock, 14,764.
Augusta: Middling. 8*4c; receipts, 317; |
shipments, 81; Rtock. 9572.
St. Louis: Receipts, 103; shipments, 103; I
stock, 14,178.
Cincinnati; Receipts, 146; shipments, 53;
stock. 12,661.
Little Rook: Shipments. 80; stock, 5447.
Total today: Receipts, 5197; shipments.
5100; stock, 88,706.
Weekly Cotton Statistics
Liverpool. August 28.—Cotton statistics
for the week: Total forwarded to mills,
31,000 hales, of which 21,000 were American;
stock, 890,000; American. 602,000; imports,
19.000, American 600; exports, 8000.
Liverpool Cotton Market
Liverpool, August 28.—Cotton, spot In
moderate demand, at prices unchanged.
Sales, 3100 hales, including 3000 American,
on the basis of 6.20d for middling. Re
ceipts, 7000 bales; no American receipts.
Dry Goods
New' York. August 28.—New low' price*
caused an active buying movement in
print cloths today. Several lines of col
ored heavy cotton goods were withdrawn
from sale because of scarcity of dye
stuffs. Domestic fine wools sold freely
ab slight advances.
Coffee Market
New York, August 28.—No material
change was reported in the coffee mar
yet here today. The process of even
ing up old commitments through the
voluntary committee was said to bo
making progress at slightly low'er
prices today, but the spot markets con
tinued steady. Cost and freight of
fers from Brazil were unchanged, and
Importers are still hampered by ab
sence of adequate foreign exchange
facilities. Rio 7 s wrere quoted at 774c
and Santos 4’s at 127*c. Receipts at
the two Brazilian ports yesterday were
20.0. 00 bags; Sao Paulo receipts. 33,006.
and Jundlahy receipts, 32,000 bags.
Clearances of 17,00.0 bags were reported
from Brazil for United States ports.
Naval Stores
Savannah. August 28.—Turpentine
nominal. 4674c; no sales; receipts, 347;
shipments, 201; stocks, 29,995. Rosins
nominal: no sales: receipts, 655; ship
ments. 797; stocks. 121,204. (Juote: A,
B, $3.50; C, D. $3.52 *4; E, F. G, H. 1.
$3.55; K. $4.15: M, $4.50; N„ $6.00; WG.
$6.25; WW, $6.35.
FRIENDS SURPRISE
CAPT. JOHN G. SMITH
Presented With Confederate Button by
Comrades of Camp Wilcox—To
Observe Semmes’ Birthday
('apt. John G. Smith, commander of
Camp Wilcox, United Confederate vet
erans, was given a most pleasant sur
prise yesterday at the regular meeting
of the camp when he was presented
with a handsome Confederate button
by the members of the organization.
The button Is of the regulation de
sign with the Confederate flag In en
ameled colors and In the center of the
flag 1s Imbedded a beautiful diamond.
J. R. Hornady made the presentation
speech, and paid a fine tribute to the
life of Captain Smith and Ills h- llantry
as a Confederate soldier. Captain
Smith was so taken by surprise and
so overcome by his feeling that It was
sometime before he could reply. He
expressed bis deep appreciation of the
gift coming from his old chmrades.
stating that while he had had other
honors conferred on him during his
civil life which he highly appreciated
there was none that touched him so
deeply as the token of esteem from
the members of Camp Wilcox and their
friends.
The meeting was held In the rooms of
the county board of education and was
well attended, many ladles being pres
ent. The matter of the celebration of
Admiral Semmes' birthday was tsken
up and John C. Carmichael was named
as orator for the day. The commit
tee in charge la preparing the pro
gramme which will be announced later.
SUITS FILED
The following were among the suits
filed yesterday In the city and circuit
courts:
Ben Crowley vs. Tennessee Coal. Iron
and Aallroad company: $3000 claimed for
alleged failure to provide medical atten
tion through Its hospital.
Edken Belew, pro ami, vs. Bryant Coal
company: $1000 damages claimed for al
leged personal Injuries.
Mary J. Sweeney vs. West End Drug
company: $3000 damages claimed for an
alleged failure to properly fill an order
for medicine.
Henry and Leona Britton vs. Maryland
Coal and Coke company. The plaintiffs
claim $6000 damages each for an alleged
unlawful ejection from dwelling.
Laura White vs. Seaboard Air Line Rail
road company: $2000 damages claimed for
alleged personal Injuries.
Jake Lomax va. American Cast Iron
Pipe company: $2600 damages claimed for
alleged personal Injuries.
A. F. Franklin vs. E. L. Rowlett: $6000
damages claimed for alleged personal In
juries received In an automobile wreck.
Sam Whitlow vs. Alex Kontoe: $8000
damages claimed for an alleged assault
and battery.
Ada Howell vs. Birmingham Railway,
Light and Power company: $10,000 dam
ages claimed, the plaintiff alleging that
an agent of the company used profane
and Indecent language In her presence.
Mrs. Anne Hanehan va. Ixmg-Lewls
Hardware company, $20,000 claimed for
alleged personal injuries received In an
automobile wreck.
! EXCELLENT TRADE
Week-End Demand Brisk.
Flour Prices Are
Stationary
Business is quite brisk on Morris
avenue, the week-end trade being in
full swing. Poultry and eggs are in
good demand, and sales are steady on
meat products.
Vegetables and fruits are plentiful,
home grown products being abundant,
vegetables now in season here are seen
vegetables now in seas on here are seen
traversing the streets. Quotations on
flour and foodstuffs remain stationary,
at high levels. Further advances are j
anticipated within the next few days,
as the wheat market shows a decided
upward tendency. Trade all along the
line is reported good.
LOCAL QUOTATIONS
The Iron Market
IF .911.00
2F . 10.60
IF . 10.00
Gray Forge. 9.60
IS . 11.00
2S . 10.60
Poultry and Eggs
Hens—14c.
Fryers—1*4-1% lbs.; average, 22%c.—20c.
Ducks—16c lb.
Guineas—30c.
Roosters—30c.
Geese—4004oS each.
Eggs—Fresh country receipts, 19020c;
candled, 24c; extra graded candled, 20c;
candled cartoon eggs. 28c.
Meats
Lard—ll%c; compound, 9%c.
Extra Ribs—$14.92.
Bellies-20-25. $16.17%.
Boston Butts—17c.
Pork Loins—20c.
Breakfast Bacon—2O02Sc.
Spare Ribs—12%c.
Regular Hams-20%o.
Skinned Hams—21%c.
Fruits and Produce
Cantanioupea—$202.23.
Watermelons—16030c.
i Lemons—$6.6006.
Limes—75c0$1.26.
! Home Grown Cabbage—2%c lb.
Northern Apples—Barrel, fancy, $4.50.
Home-Grown Lettuce—Per hamper, $L
California Peaches—$1.10 per box.
Peanuts—607c.
Imported Peanuts—9%c pound.
Egg Plants—$202.60.
Pineapples—$202.60.
Snap Beans—$1.50.
New Sweet Potatoes—Barrell. $2.75.
New Irish Potatoes—In sacks, $1.10.
Squash—Hamper, $1.
Cucumbers—Per crate, $1®1.26.
New Corn—Dozen, 16c.
Peaches—Georgia, $1.7502.60.
\ White Grapes—4-lb. baskets, 80c.
Figs—$2.6003 per crate.
Okra, six-basket crate, $2.60.
Tomatoes—Six-basket crates, $2.5003.
Fish
Perch—Sc pound.
Sail Water Trout—12Hc pound.
Blue Catfish—7@$c pound.
Red Snapper—
Gray Snapper—6c.
Mullet—pound.
Spanish Mackerel—15c pound.
Fresh Pompano—26c pound.
Creamery Products
Country Butter—20025c; fresh creamery
butter, 83V4c; procees butter, 28c.
Cheeae-16%; Imported Swise cheeee,
40c; German brick cheese, 18c; limburger,
ISc; Imported Roquefort, 40c; Neufchatei
cheeee, per dozen, 46c; Pimento cheeze
11.35.
Flour and Breadstuffs
Self rising flour, $6.50; Tennessee flour,
35.05; Michigan flour, 37.15; Idaho flour,
$5.35; Indiana flour, $0.25; pure wheat
shorts, $35; pure wheat bran, $32; C. S.
meal, 714 per cent, $30; Cremo
meal, per ton, $26: C. 8. hulls, $10011 ton;
.Vo. 1 timothy hay, per ton, $26; mixed al
falfa and Johnson graB-s, per ton, $30;
8. hulls, 100 lbs., $11 ton; mixed feed, $36;
oats, 63c bu.; corn, $1.10; cornmeal, $2.06
per 96 lbs. New crop alfalfa, western,
$25.
Hides and Tallow
Green salted hides, 14@16c; partly
cured. 13014c; green, 13©13V4c; damaged
and culls, one-half price; dry flint, 270230
dry salted, 25026; dry cule, 12Hc; goat
skins. 25040c; kids, one-half price; lamb
■kins, 36035; sheep skins, 25075c; shear
ings, 15025c; green salted horse hides, No
2s, IB; glues and ponies, $101.50; No. i
clear tubwaehed wool, 30033; burry, 15020.
28060c; wild ginsing, $608; cultivated gln
elng, $305; golden seal, $3.5004; clear
grease wool, 16012c; slightly burry, 15018;
tallow, 5@6c; No. 2 tallow, 4c; beeswax,
COUNTY INSTITUTES
ARE WELL ATTENDED
Supervisor Sibley Comments on Good
Results Accomplished in Calhoun,
Talladega and Fayette
Montgomery. August 28.—(Special.)—Fol
lowing a week spent In Calhoun, Talla
dega and Fayette counties attending
teachers' Institutes, J. I,. Sibley, state
supervisor of rural schools, returned to
the capitol today and reported a good
attendance at each of the inatltutes.
Professod Sibley Intends to leave Monday
to attend'other Institutes.
County institutes will be held next week
in the following counties: Coffee, at
Elba; Covington, at Andalusia; Dale, at
Ozark; Geneva, at Geneva; Henry, at
Abbeville; Houston, at Dothan, and
Perry, at Marlon.
State Deposits Found
Clanton. August 2*.—(Special.)—A mine
that see me Inexhaustible, of an excellent
slate, lias been found three miles from
the Louisville and Nashville railroad, In
the northern pnrt4on of Chilton county.
Thomas Evans, an expert, pronounces the
slate excellent as structural and roofing
material. The colors are green and pur
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LEAVESOTTAWA
Canadian Troops Will Sail
for Europe in About
Two Weeks
Ottawa. Ontario, August 2S.—The Prin
cess Patricia Light infantry, and the first
brigade of the expeditionary field artil
lery, with IS guns, left Ottawa today. The
guns will go to Valcartier and will be
sent to Lilt ope in about two weeks. The
Princess Patricia regiment will go on
board the ir/gjp ship Megantic at Mon
treal tonight, and will sail tomorrow.
The Duke and Duchess of Connaught
and the Princess Patricia reviewed the
regiment and wished its members good
for tu ne.
The regiment was laised by R. H. Ben
nett. a member of the Canadian Par
liament, and Hamilton Gault, a Montreal
millionaire, it is commanded by Colonel
Farquahar. an ofTii er of the Cold Stream
Guards, with Captain Builer of the Brit
ish rifle brigade, second In command.
Hamilton Gault has a captain s commis
sion, W'hile his wife goes under tho
badge of the Red Cross.
Of the 1100 men a thousand wear med
als for previous service in South Africa,
the Philippines and Cuba, chiefly.
About 30n men of the regiment are ad
venturers fresh from Mexico. Jack Mun
ro, who won his fame through gaining
a decision over Jim Jeffries, is a pri
vate in the ranks of the regiment, which
is held by military authorities to be one
of the most • tTicient ever assembled.
The Canadian artillery is moving on
Valcartier toda: from all assembly points.
The detachments will all be in by Sun
day night, when there will he 35,000 men
of all arms assembled at the v/hihp.
BOLL WEEVIL GETS
Recent Rains Cause Pests to
Infest Cotton Fields
Everywhere
Marion. August 28. (Special.)—Tho past
few weeks of daily showers have given
the boll weevil a new start in Perry
county. Persons who saw no sign dur
ing the dry weather now find their fields
filled with weevils, and destroying even
sign of a top crop, in fact the only cot
ton assured in this section is that ma
tured previous to the rainy season. Small
fields in and near Marion that had not
been planted in cotton for years now
have from three to ten "grubs’ to tho
stalk, making a fair crop next year
highly improbable.
The Rev. George F. Robertson, pastor
of the local Presbyterian church, and a
schoolmate a* President Wilson, has fe
tched a personal letter from the Presi
dent in acknowledgement of expression
of sympathy for the death of Mrs. Wil
son.
The Marion institute is making tho
army and navy course a distinct feature
of the school this year by securing a
coach who will give his personal Atten
tion to this part of the institute work.
Maj. B. B. Clarkson, B. S., of the Vir
ginia Military institute, will be the couch,
and as supplementary duties he will aid
in the deevlopment of the athletic fea
tures of the session. Major Clarkson has
made distinctions In baseball, football,
basketball, and as an all round athlete,
and his advice will doubtless cause Mar
ion to put forth the best "prep" team in
the state this season.
State Horticulturist Says
Much Good Done in Mo
bile and Baldwin
Montgomery. August 28 — (Special.)~Dr.
Ernest Walker, state horticulturist, re
cently engaged In the work of eradicat
ing the citrus blight from the Satsuma
orange groves near Mobile, was a vis
itor at the state department of agricul
ture and industries today. Dr. Walker
Is connected with the Alabama Poly
technic institute, taut has devoted much
of his time lately in making a study of
the citrus blight In Mobile and Bald
win counties.
Dr. Walker stated that much work
had been done toward eradicating the
blight, and that indications were that
the efforts of the experts would he en
tirely successful eventually. The state
of Florida recently established a quar- j
antine against Alabama raised oraifgea'
because of the blight, and it was then!
that the department of agriculture began I
its efforts to eradicate the bli ht.
No Wreck!
From Harper’* Magazine.
A reporter on a. Kansas City paper
v.as among those on a relief train that
was being rushed to the scene of a
railway wreck in Missouri. About the
first victim the Kansas City reporter
saw was a man sitting in the road with
his back to a fence. He had a black
eye, his face was somewhat scratched
and his clothes were badly torn—but
he was entirely calm.
The reporter jumped to the side of
tlie man against the fence.
“How many hurt?” he asked of the
prostrate one.
“Haven’t heard of anybody being
hurt,” said the battered person.
“What was the cause of the wreck?"
“Wreck? Haven’t heard of any
wreck.”
“You haven't heard of any wreck?
Who are you. anyhow?”
"Well, young man. I don't know
that that's any of your business, but 1
air. the claim agent of this road.”
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Listens for a Dog’s Bark
From the New York Sun.
There Is a man In t’aris who has a
novel way of eking out the small salary
he gets as a hank clerk. At night he
strolls through the quiet etreets of the
suburbs, carefully inspecting the closed
villas and houses. Every now and then
he imitates a dog's bark, yelplns and
growling In a realistic manner.
If there la no canine response he con
tinues his walk, repeating Ills yelps In
front of other houses. When an an
swering bark replies to his he Jots
down the address of the house In a
notebook. The next day a city official
calls at these houses reported by the
night stroller to collect the probably
tuipald dog tax.
!.<>n1 Kitchener. Knglnnd’s famous general. Is now Secretar.v of War and
Is directing llte Rritish war plans.
.....
SHIPPING FEELS
EFFECT OF WAR
No Transatlantic Liner En
ters or Leaves New
York Friday
New York, August 28.—Shipping today
felt the effects of the European war to
an unusual degree. No transatlantic liner
sailed and none arrived.
Two are due tomorrow and one Sunday,
and there are nine, all of the Interna
tional Mercantile Marino, on their way to
American and Canadian norts with 8800
passengers, most of them Americans.
Heading for New York are two White
Star liners, the Adriatic and the Olympic;
two of the American line, the New York
and the St. Paul; and thq Minnehaha of]
the Atlantic transport line. The Merlon I
of the American line is on her way to I
Philadelphia; the Cunard liner Devonia
and the White Star liner Arabic to Bos
ton. and the Canada of the Dominion line
to Quebec and Montreal.
The Alliance, a Panama railway steam
ship liner, arrived here from Cristobal to
day with 30 German reservists among its
passengers.
The Hamburg-American liner Graecla,
which risked capture ny British cruisers
by venturing out to sea last night, had
not born heard from here today. Another
German vessel, the Grosser Kirfuerst, of
the North German Lloyd line, was report
ed to be taking on coal at her Hoboken
pier today preparatory to sailing. The
line’s agents denied she intended leaving
port.
The Mule Is Contrary
"It is customary to deride, abuse, rid
icule, and generally belittle the mule,"
said a man who confesses to an intima
cy with mules that tits him to know
what he is talking about, as quoted by
the New York Sun. "but let me tell you
right now that—first, though, consider
the mule from my point of view, which
is the proper one.
"There is no doubt that It is charac
teristic of the mule to loaf, and loaf
hard, whenever he gets a chance, but
he more than makes up for It when he
knuckles down to work. If you will
take an honest observation of the mule
you will see that he has a certain con
templative, ingenuous, openminded cast
of countenance, with a tinge of mourn
fulness In his expression, which comes,
perhaps, from too much reflection on
his somewhat ambiguous status in gen
ealogical classification. Nobody can
look a mule in the face without bias
and not be convinced of his absolute
straightforwardness and good faltli.
"In the face, by the way, and peren
thetieally. is the proper way to look at
a mule. He can’t kick with his fore
feet, and straightforward as he is from
a front view, he is quite as straight
backward from the rear if he Is moved
to take time from his reflective ponder
ing to demonstrate it, and, as a rule,
you want to he sure of your odds ir you
are going ,lo bet that he won’t be moved.
"It will not be vleiousness, however,
that moves hirn to such demonstration.
It is simply the mule's idea of playful
ness. the taking of a moment off for
[showing that he really doesn’t think
lifo Is all an empty dream and to show
[that things are really not what they
i seem, so fur as that contemplative ami
[mournfully inert pose of his might con
fuse you Into believe that they were.
He has no more thought of harm in It
than—well, than a trip hammer might
have if it came down on you.
"The mule is liable to run away, Init
if he does he does it entirely of his own
initiative, and because he has suddenly
come Into his mind that to run away
would be a pleasing diversion from that
disposition of his to fall into disturbing
reflection, (’annos shot off under him
couldn't induce Hie mule to run away.
No outside Influence could impel him
to it.
"And in running away the mult?
brings to Hie performance of It the
same unruffled dignity that marks him
always; whether as the motive power or
a canal boat or the gayly caparisoned
Impeller of a Spanish dllllgcnco. Tin
runaway mule turnH out for all objects
in Ills path. A child, a dozen children
may be before him in the road, but
never a one will ho do damage to.
Horses that run away are blind, and
have no sense while thus engaged.
They are frenzied. The mule shows no
more emotion while running away than
while tugging at a load of tanbark.
"Yos. It is customary to deride, abuse,
ridicule, and generally belittle the inule,
but let me tell you right now that when
you are looking at a pair of up-and-up
Kentucky or Tennessee mules, my son.
don’t forget that you arc casting your
eyes over something that nothing less
than om^ thousand nice, round, fat dol
lars can be plunked down as the equiv
alent of. and no particular hurry to
dicker ’em off even for that!"
An Amazing Case
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
"is there anything special in the case?”
asked the reporter of the bank president
whose cashier had stolen $17.
"Yes/’ mused the president, "you may
«ay that we did not trust him impllclty.”
CONFIRMATION OF
^REYNOLDS HELD UP
Norris Makes Long Speech
Opposing President’s Se
lection for Justice
Washington, August 28—Senator Har
ris, of Nebraska, addressed the Senate
for nearly four hours In executive ses
sion today, apposing confirmation of
Attorney General McReynolds as a
justice of the supreme court. He did
not conclude his speech, and action on
the nomination was deferred until to
morrow.
No response was made by the de
I partment of justice to the Senate reso
lution calling for a report of Special In
vestigators Morrison and Fa gin into
! Standard Oil operat ions. The request
for information was made through the
President and no formal answer can be
i made until his return to Washington.
[One of the majority senators will ex
plain tomorrow that publication of tin*
report is regarded as incompatible with
line public interest; that investigators
and the Attorney General are In entire
accord with reference to the prolonged
in\estigation of the Standard Oil ami
that the inquiry is still In progress.
WHOOPING COUGH
Dangers of Disease lo Children Shown
in Philadelphia Kpidemic
Richard IT. Harte, M\ TV, In the Phila
delphia .Public Hedger.
Philadelphia is going through the tall
end of un epidemic of whooping cough
which began the first part of last Octo
ber and reached its height the end of
April. The highest, number of cases re
ported in any on week was 212.
There were 3237 cases and isfl deaths
from whooping cough in the first half
of this year, as compared to 550 cases
and 33 deaths in the corresponding period
of 1013.
Carlessness on the part of parents hav- j
ing children suffering from whooping!
cough often spreads the disease to other!
little ones. They are made to suffer and
even to die because of an Inconsiderate,
neighbor, who also risks prosecution un
der tlie law by not keeping her ill child
ren properly Isolated.
The seriousness of whooping cough Is
rot fully appreciated by many people.
It is responsible, directly or Indirectly,
for many more deaths among young chil
dren than Is generally supposed. As a
matter of fact, 27 out of every 100 chil
dren under I year old who get whooping
cough die: 14 out of every 100 between 1
and 2 yoaxs old die; three out of every
100 between 2 and 5 years old die. In
addition to causing such a high mor
tality among children, whooping cough
causes physical defects which are a hand
icap for life.
The wrong impression still prevails, too,
that whooping cough is less dangerous
to children than to grownups, and that,
therefore, a person would be* better to
have, the disease when young and have
it over with. Whereas, as shown by the
above figures, just tlie opposite is true,
and the longer the disease can be put
off, th<? less likely it is to endanger life.
An Infant* I. W. W.
"I can’t do anything with Johnnie.
Why, he'd rather go hungry than work.
I don’t see what's to become of him.”
"i suppose we must face the inevita
ble.”
“What’s the Inevitable?”
“Hooking forward to having a soap
box orator in the family.”
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Recent Death of President's
Wife Saddens Summer
White House
Windson, Vt., August 28.—1 resident
Wilson, who came here today to begin
ills first vacation of the summer, spent
tonight quietly at "Harlakenden.House'*
with his family, celebrating the birth
day of his daughter, Mrs. Francis B.
Sayre.
Despite efforts of all members of the
family to make the occasion a happy
one. the recent death of Mrs. Wilson
saddened the gathering. The party con
sisted of the President, Mrs. Sayre, #
Min* Margaret Wilson, Mrs. Howe. the
President's slater Mrs. Cothran, his
"i'co; Eleanor Cothran, his grand niece;
Mr. Sayre and Prof Stockton Axson,
a studio for her painting.
The people of Wind son and of the Ut
ile village of Cornish, N. H.. across
the Connecticut* river, respected the
President's recent grief by remaining
in the background, hut American flags
decorated many homes. On the way
to "Harlakenden House’* the President
drove past the small cottage which
was formerly used by Mrs. Wilson as
a studio for mer painting
During his stay here the President
td)»r.s to devote his morning* to golf
uul hlv evenings to long automobile
rtd» He was reluctant to play golf,
but l >r c. T. Oray son, his physician,
ha*' informed him that his health re
quires exercise.
White House officials In Washington
are to send onlv the most important
dispatch ■ io Windsor and as far as
poaslhb . President will he given
an opportunity to rest.
Son of Prominent Tennesseo
Attorney Drowns While
Divinjf at Dale’s Bar
t ’h ittanoogg, August 38.— (Special.)
I-■ wi : Coleman, Jr,, son of United States
; Attorney Lewis Coleman of the
eastern division of Tenneesec, was
drowned In the Tennessee river at Hale’s
Par early tonight Coleman dived from
n barge upon which members of the local
bar association were having*their annual
outing upon the river and In some way
WM sucked under tii«> barge. The body
hail not beeft recovered at midnight, being
In deep water m nr the huge Brady dnnw
m
OF COnON TRADE
New York, August "8.- Bather a
more optimistic sentiment lias devel
oped in local cotton trade circles in the
last fewr days with referenda to the
possibility of an early reopening of
the exchanges.
This seems to be based chiefly upon
a feeling that the meeting of represen
tatives of the Liverpool, New Orleans
ami New York exchanges hero next
week will result in satisfactory settle
ment of the old international inter
ests on the basis of old, rather than
new crop values, and that such a set
tlement will greatly Improve the sltua- 3
lion so far as tho exchanges are con
cerned. It is believed that the man*
agers of the local exchange are con
sidering plans for reopening bust ness
In government contracts only. Mean
while business seems practically at a
standstill.
The only spot sales reported are on
tho small scattering lots at sharply de
clining prices in tho south. Little in
terest is shown In weather or crop
news and no far only one private re
port has been issued In the effort to
foreshadow the government bureau,
due on Monday. This indicated an
improvement of about 3 per cent frorp
lust month’s figures.
Fate of F*ins and HaltL'shipg
From the London Shronlcle.
Lverybody has wondered what be
comes of pins and battleships and beer
bottles and (ireai Western engines and
sardine tin* and well, all the things
tnat are quietly scrapped as we have
done with them. Well, I was lately
fcliven a lesson by an expert in dust
heaps a reall\ “goid.ui dustman," \yho
had built his fortune on the mere waste
of sardine and biscuit tins, with dis
used bottles and other refuse. "Noth
:r«g Is wasted." he said. J am not
unite sure of that. Jl is only the occa
sional grasp* r who has the eye and
tile ha ml for the "waste." Not every
on*1 has the chance of stopping a bung
bol" with Caesar’s dust. The disused
hansom, omnibus and railway car
riage may be found reincarnated in the
country A correspondent tells me of a
doctor In Buckinghamshire whose fam
J.v has outgrown the size of his house
and threat* ued the same onslaught
on his Income. Something had to be
done. So the doctor will now' show you
a railway carriage—sup%ranuated~«
.-•tuck cheaply in the garden, making a
day and night nursery, with a partiton
ftHl a fireplace or so, and all tfle sani
tation that a doctor knows a child
vj-uts. The youngsters are happy in
their disused railway * arriage that was
built in the year their father was born.